The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: The journal to Stella. A.D. 1710-1713G. Bell, 1902 |
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Page vii
... father , even to partiality , ( if I may say so , ) I am very sensible of the share and part he must bear in such a history ; and as I remember , when I read over that history of yours , I can recollect that there seemed to me a want of ...
... father , even to partiality , ( if I may say so , ) I am very sensible of the share and part he must bear in such a history ; and as I remember , when I read over that history of yours , I can recollect that there seemed to me a want of ...
Page viii
... father more than he ever did any man ; yet , as a human creature , he had his faults , and therefore , as an impartial writer , he could not conceal them . " On the 4th of June , 1737 , Swift wrote at length to Oxford a letter in which ...
... father more than he ever did any man ; yet , as a human creature , he had his faults , and therefore , as an impartial writer , he could not conceal them . " On the 4th of June , 1737 , Swift wrote at length to Oxford a letter in which ...
Page ix
... father said , ' All would do well . ' I told him , ' That I would go to Oxford on Monday , since I found it was impossible to be of any use . ' I took coach to Oxford on Monday ; went to a friend in Berkshire ; there stayed until the ...
... father said , ' All would do well . ' I told him , ' That I would go to Oxford on Monday , since I found it was impossible to be of any use . ' I took coach to Oxford on Monday ; went to a friend in Berkshire ; there stayed until the ...
Page x
... father . " " The Earl of Oxford had failed to extract the manuscript from Swift for the purpose he had expressed in his letter . But his friend and Swift's old friend , Erasmus Lewis , who had been Under - Secretary of State during Lord ...
... father . " " The Earl of Oxford had failed to extract the manuscript from Swift for the purpose he had expressed in his letter . But his friend and Swift's old friend , Erasmus Lewis , who had been Under - Secretary of State during Lord ...
Page xi
... father , and have for his memory ; and upon that account it is that I now renew my request , that you would at least defer this printing until you have had the advice of friends . You have forgot that you lent me the History to read ...
... father , and have for his memory ; and upon that account it is that I now renew my request , that you would at least defer this printing until you have had the advice of friends . You have forgot that you lent me the History to read ...
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